Die, Barney.

Two things happen when you spend all of your time with a 2 year old.

1) You get really excited anytime anybody goes poo poo on the potty.
2) You become very hostile towards fictional t.v. characters.

When I first started taking care of Mia, the only thing she would watch on t.v. was Barney. We really don't watch that much t.v., but an hour a day really starts to add up...
At first it wasn't so bad, the songs are kind of catchy and Mia was so cute singing and dancing along. But after a couple of months...the songs weren't so cute anymore. Towards the end, I would just sit on the couch, clenching my teeth with a look of disgust on my face.

I hate that stupid, purple dinosaur. I'm sorry, but I still can't brush my teeth without that damn toothbrush song popping into my head...

"...but while I'm brushing my teeth and having so much fun, I never let the water run, NO, I never let the water run!"

I couldn't take it anymore.

The day Mia suggested we watch a different show was one of the happiest days of my life. YES, Mia, we can absolutely watch Max and Ruby! I LOVE that show! I love how Max only says one word throughout the entire show over and over and over again and Ruby always misunderstands him, but at the end the story comes full circle and Max's word makes total sense. Classic!

Unfortunately...the honeymoon period didn't last very long. Now it's like, "Ruby, you stupid bunny brat, just listen to Max!" I mean, Jesus, if she'd just listen to her brother her life would be a helluva lot easier...and she wouldn't waste all of that time looking for her stuff.

And don't even get me started on Dora the Explorer...
I cannot watch that show without responding to her questions like an idiot. But Mia never answers her and I just feel stupid when she stares at you with that blank look on her face waiting for you to say something...
I'm just waiting for the day when Mia turns to me and says, "Brooksie, Dora's on t.v...she can't hear you...estúpido."
The other day Dora was playing stop-and-go, and you had to say verde or rojo. So I said, "See, Mia, 'verde', that means green." and she looked right at me and said, "yeah...and red is rojo."

Now we're onto The Backyardigans and I am happy to report that we are still in the honeymoon phase. I love all of the songs they sing, they're funny, and they do these awesome choreographed dances...it's like Dancing with the Stars for toddlers!
I really think this one might be the one. I think we might make it.

Unless they sing a toothbrush song. If they sing a toothbrush song, we're done.